*DC: What’s Old is our feature where we highlight stuff from our catalogue that you may have missed. In the wake of the successful Silver Age revivals of Flash and Green Lantern, DC decided to try one of their most popular Golden Age characters, Hawkman, recast in a ‘Space-Age’ mode. This version was Katar Hol, police officer sent from Thanagar to study Earth law-enforcement customs, and his helpmate Hawkgirl was no silly debutante as in the original, but rather his colleague in policing, and his wife. A husband-and-wife superhero team was virtually unheard-of at that time, and Gardner Fox’s scripting, gave equal time to both Hawks. Superbly illustrated, first by Joe Kubert, then by Murphy Anderson, the Hawk’s adventures combined a true partnership of equals with derring-do all over Earth and on other worlds. We’re proud to have the first Hawkman revival issue, Brave & Bold #34, available in a choice of two grades and prices. There’s a Fine copy, pence stamped, with good cover colour and gloss, tight and flat except for some very minor non-colour breaking creasing near the top edge and a faint small crease across the top right corner; great page quality and a fresh, supple copy, with minimal spine and edge wear. Our second copy is GD (cents), with moderate spine and edge wear and corner blunting, but unspoilt cover image; specific defects are a fingernail-size chip out of the bottom edge near the spine and interior tape to front and back cover interiors along the spine. I bang on a bit about the quality of DC’s colour palette at this time; here the deep blue background gives this awesome cover an almost 3D effect. One of my favourite comics.
PICTURED: BRAVE & BOLD #34
FN p £370
GD £125 SOLD